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but let's just say this about benghazi-- it's just not about susan rice. it's about a system that failed. the military failed. the intelligence community failed. before and during. this is about a system designed to protect us that completely broke down. the consulate should have been closeed in the first place. i can't believe we couldn't reinforce it in seven hours. and that's where i'm going to move to next. but as to susan rice, the story she told on your show and others on 16 september, after having looked at the intelligence that was available, does not remotely meet the truth. she said that the security at the consulate was strong, substantial recall and significant on three different shows. that wasn't even in the talking points about the level of security. if you look at the evidence available, the footprint in benghazi was not strong, substantial, or significant. it was weak. they had been begging for months to have more reinforcements or close the place like the british did. i think her story on 16 september was a political story designed to hel
but let's just say this about benghazi-- it's just not about susan rice. it's about a system that failed. the military failed. the intelligence community failed. before and during. this is about a system designed to protect us that completely broke down. the consulate should have been closeed in the first place. i can't believe we couldn't reinforce it in seven hours. and that's where i'm going to move to next. but as to susan rice, the story she told on your show and others on 16 september,...
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susan rice will not be the new secretary of state. she was president obama's top choice to replace hillary clinton. yesterday she withdrew her name from consideration. >> that follows months of republican criticism over her first response to the attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya. margaret brennan is at the state department. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. cbs news has learned susan rice privately began expressing doubts about her nomination to friends this week saying the attacks had reached a fevered pitch. then yesterday she had a phone conversation with president obama and withdrew her name from consideration as secretary of state. >> i would have been very honored to serve in that job, just as i'm delighted to do what i'm doing. but yes, sure how can you not want to in my field serve at the highest possible level? >> reporter: last night u.n. ambassador susan rice explained why she asked president obama not to consider her for secretary of state. in an op-ed she wrote, quote, a n
susan rice will not be the new secretary of state. she was president obama's top choice to replace hillary clinton. yesterday she withdrew her name from consideration. >> that follows months of republican criticism over her first response to the attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya. margaret brennan is at the state department. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. cbs news has learned susan rice privately began expressing doubts about her...
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tara mergener reports. >> reporter: united nations' ambassador susan rice will not be the next secretary of state. rice withdrew her name thursday considering she'd face an uphill fight with senate republicans. she said this to nbc news. >> because i didn't want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting, and very disruptive. >> reporter: gop lawmakers are upset over rice's explanation on the coordinated terrorist attack on the consulate in benghazi libya. the assault killed ambassador christopher stevens and three others. >> we did not have information at present that leads us to c n conclude this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: arizona not john mccain led the charge saying rice and mislead the nation. >> it is clear the information she gave was incorrect. >> while the president never nominated rice to replace the outgoing hillary clinton as secretary of state, she was clearly his top pick. he even lashed out at his gop opponent suggesting they were in for a bigger fight. >> when they go after the u.n. ambassador apparent lay b
tara mergener reports. >> reporter: united nations' ambassador susan rice will not be the next secretary of state. rice withdrew her name thursday considering she'd face an uphill fight with senate republicans. she said this to nbc news. >> because i didn't want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting, and very disruptive. >> reporter: gop lawmakers are upset over rice's explanation on the coordinated terrorist attack on the...
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ambassador susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. margaret brennan joins us now. good morning. >> good morning to you, norah, and to charlie. quarterback at the u.n. when he nominated her to be the ambassador, he elevated that role to cabinet level, a status that her predecessors did not have. for this next promotion, the president will fight skeptical republicans who question rice's judgment in the days following the benghazi attacks. >> i still don't know how anybody of that capacity could have been on television five days later saying the things that were said. i don't know how that could happen. >> she would have to answer questions about that. there's no doubt about it. >> susan rice hit a nerve during a string of television appearances five days after the assault on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. she did not call it an act of terror. >> we did not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> that characterization is the biggest obstacle to becoming secretary of state. senio
ambassador susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. margaret brennan joins us now. good morning. >> good morning to you, norah, and to charlie. quarterback at the u.n. when he nominated her to be the ambassador, he elevated that role to cabinet level, a status that her predecessors did not have. for this next promotion, the president will fight skeptical republicans who question rice's judgment in the days following the benghazi attacks. >> i still don't know how...
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and sources close to the white house and to susan rice tell us that both she and the president concluded this was not a fight worth having. republicans challenged rice's explanation of the september 11 attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador chris stephens and three others. five days after that attack, rice appeared on "face the nation"." >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude this was premeditate or preplanned. >> reporter: republicans, led by john mccain, charged that the administration already knew that it was a planned terrorist attack. >> it is clear that the information that she gave the american people was incorrect. >> reporter: in november, rice testified behind closed doors on capitol hill, but her critices, like senator lindsey graham, were unrelenting. >> bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before that 16th september explanation about how four americans died in benghazi, libya. ambassador rice, i think does not do justice to the reality at the time, and, in hindsight, clearly was completely wrong. >> reporte
and sources close to the white house and to susan rice tell us that both she and the president concluded this was not a fight worth having. republicans challenged rice's explanation of the september 11 attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador chris stephens and three others. five days after that attack, rice appeared on "face the nation"." >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude this was premeditate or preplanned....
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ambassador susan rice's explanation of what happened at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> reporter: senators john mccain, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte have been vocal critics of rice accusing the ambassador of misleading the public when she said five days after the deadly benghazi attack, there was no evidence it was preplanned. >> we're going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system we can trust. and if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. >> reporter: rice needs the senate support if president obama chooses her to be the next secretary of state. ambassador rice met with lawmakers in a secure room behind this group of cameras here on capitol hill to discuss classified information. an aide to senator john mccain says she requested the meeting. afterwards, rice issued a statement saying the talking points the intelligence community gave her were incorrect and that at no time did she or anyone in th
ambassador susan rice's explanation of what happened at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> reporter: senators john mccain, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte have been vocal critics of rice accusing the ambassador of misleading the public when she said five days after the deadly benghazi attack, there was no evidence it was preplanned. >> we're going to get to the bottom of...
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the news about susan rice's standing had all the feel of a trial balloon today, scott, as white house officials try to determine just how entrenched this republican opposition is and how difficult the confirmation process would be. >> pelley: nancy, thank you. an army prosecutor says that staff sergeant robert bales should be tried and executed for the massacre of 16 civilians in afghanistan. a preliminary hearing wrapped up today at joint base lewis- mcchord in washington state and john blackstone is there. >> reporter: sergeant bales, the prosecutor said, committed crimes that were heinous, brutal and methodical, murders in two afghan villages, including nine children. over three days, survivors testified on a video link from afghanistan. bales' civilian defense attorney, emma scanlon, said the army missed opportunities to examine bales for signs of traumatic brain injury and post- traumatic stress disorder during his four tours in iraq and afghanistan. scanlon suggested the outpost where bales was serving was poorly supervised with alcohol and drugs in common use. she said bales co
the news about susan rice's standing had all the feel of a trial balloon today, scott, as white house officials try to determine just how entrenched this republican opposition is and how difficult the confirmation process would be. >> pelley: nancy, thank you. an army prosecutor says that staff sergeant robert bales should be tried and executed for the massacre of 16 civilians in afghanistan. a preliminary hearing wrapped up today at joint base lewis- mcchord in washington state and john...
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susan rice is widely mentioned as the replacement for secretary hillary clinton. but republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham said they questioned statements that rice made after four americans were killed in that september attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. it is within the power of a single senator to stop a nomination, which is why the president got his back up today. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation, is outrageous. when they go after the u.n. ambassador apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. and should i choose, if i think that she would be the best person to serve america in the capacity of the state department, then i will nominate her. that's not a determination i've made yet. >>
susan rice is widely mentioned as the replacement for secretary hillary clinton. but republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham said they questioned statements that rice made after four americans were killed in that september attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. it is within the power of a single senator to stop a nomination, which is why the president got his back up today. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go...
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ambassador susan rice's explanation of what happened at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> reporter: senators john mccain, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte have been vocal critics of rice, accusing the ambassador of misleading the public when she said five days after the deadly benghazi attack there was no evidence it was preplanned. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system we can trust. and if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. >> reporter: rice needs the senate's support if president obama chooses her to become the next secretary of state. ambassador rice met with lawmakers in a secure room behind this group of cameras here on capitol hill to discuss classified information. an aide to senator john mccain tells cbs news she requested the meeting. afterwards, rice issued a statement saying the talking points the intelligence community gave her were incorrect and that at no time did sh
ambassador susan rice's explanation of what happened at the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> reporter: senators john mccain, lindsey graham and kelly ayotte have been vocal critics of rice, accusing the ambassador of misleading the public when she said five days after the deadly benghazi attack there was no evidence it was preplanned. >> we are going to get to the bottom of...
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how he's defending u-n ambassador susan rice fm g-o-p attacks over benghazi. and it may not be worth the boost.. the popular energy possibly linked to more thaa dozen deaths.,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., partly sunny 50 degrees. atlanta, morning rain, 54. st. louis, clouds and sun, 54 degrees. denver, mostly sunny 45. seattle, variable clouds, 50 degrees. >>> police say john bon jovi's daughter was rushed to the hospital after overdosing heroin. she's facing drug charges after the incident police say happened yesterday in her dorm room at hamilton college in upstate new york. investigators say they found heroin, marijuana and drug paraphanalia after searching the dorm. >>> two brothers tricked a man out of a lottery ticket worth $5 million sold from their own family run store. investigators say the brothers told the victim he won $5,000 and gave him $4,000 after a $1,000 cashing fee. lottery officials got suspicious when the brothers tried to claim the real prize so they planted a story in an ef
how he's defending u-n ambassador susan rice fm g-o-p attacks over benghazi. and it may not be worth the boost.. the popular energy possibly linked to more thaa dozen deaths.,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., partly sunny 50 degrees. atlanta, morning rain, 54. st. louis, clouds and sun, 54 degrees. denver, mostly sunny 45. seattle, variable clouds, 50 degrees. >>> police say john bon jovi's daughter was rushed to the...
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but five days later, susan rice was right here on this broadcast and on other sunday broadcasts saying that no, it wasn't. and i mean, how is that that could happen? that was just-- go ahead. >> bob, first of all, no, bob, you have an event, a changing event. you don't have people on the ground with that information. the intelligence community, many different apparatus from military intelligence, national security, cia, is acellpling that information and events change. when susan but out there she was working off the intelligence provided that the point. let me go toy point the senator just said. you have benghazi, information changes while asking for realtime information. you're getting that changed all the time while the intelligence community assesses what happened. the senator made a point about foreign policy. let's go through this. on iran, when we-- when the president came into office, america was isolated from the world and people were questioning our judgments. three years later, the tables have been turned, and iran is now isolate from the the rest of the world. you have crip
but five days later, susan rice was right here on this broadcast and on other sunday broadcasts saying that no, it wasn't. and i mean, how is that that could happen? that was just-- go ahead. >> bob, first of all, no, bob, you have an event, a changing event. you don't have people on the ground with that information. the intelligence community, many different apparatus from military intelligence, national security, cia, is acellpling that information and events change. when susan but out...
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who is susan rice? she held several positions in the collation on the national security council as an expert on african affairs and then as assistant secretary of state. rice was confirmed in the senate in 2009 unanimously for her current job as america's ambassador to the united nations. washington is also splitting tonight over the issue that is going to affect your taxes in just 34 days. that is the so-called fiscal cliff: automatic tax increases and federal budget cuts that will be imposed unless president obama and congress can make a deal on budget reform. not even everyone in the president's own party is with him on this and nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, a rift has opened up between the white house and liberal democrats over what should be on the table in these talks. some democrats even say they're willing to let all the bush tax cuts expire, at least temporarily, even if they don't get the deal they want. senator patti murray of washington state is o
who is susan rice? she held several positions in the collation on the national security council as an expert on african affairs and then as assistant secretary of state. rice was confirmed in the senate in 2009 unanimously for her current job as america's ambassador to the united nations. washington is also splitting tonight over the issue that is going to affect your taxes in just 34 days. that is the so-called fiscal cliff: automatic tax increases and federal budget cuts that will be imposed...
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ambassador, susan rice. in his first full press conference since march, president obama was asked about the criticism of u.s. ambassador susan rice, his likely choice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. >> besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> reporter: rice has come under fire from some republicans for initially stating in television interviews that the september attack on an american consulate in libya appeared to be the result of a spontaneous demonstration. >> as i've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house, in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> reporter: and that's just what senator john mccain did a short time later. he has been one of rice's fiercest critics. >> first and foremost, the president of the united states, the commander in chief is the most responsible. and i hope the president has no illu
ambassador, susan rice. in his first full press conference since march, president obama was asked about the criticism of u.s. ambassador susan rice, his likely choice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. >> besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> reporter: rice has come under fire from some republicans for initially stating in television interviews that the september attack on an american consulate in libya appeared to be the result of a spontaneous demonstration....
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ambassador susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. >> the founder of the mcafee software company is wanted for questioning in a murder. mcafee hasn't been seen since. >>> evacuated south of san francisco, huge water main break, cars up to their tires in water and mud. >>> a flight in brazil almost ended in tragedy and every dramatic moment, all of it captured on camera. >> all that -- >> oh! >> unbelievable grab for a touchdown! >> and all that matters. >> very disappointing. struggled for about three months to get this ticket going. losing never feels good. >> on "cbs this morning." >> general petraeus has an affair with his biographer, which means from now on he will only be having sex with his autobiographer. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." while you were sleeping in the west, the scandal that brought down cia director david petraeus spreads in an unexpected new direction. the pentagon is now investigating what it calls inappropriate communications from general john allen, the command of american forces in afghanistan. >> they were
ambassador susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. >> the founder of the mcafee software company is wanted for questioning in a murder. mcafee hasn't been seen since. >>> evacuated south of san francisco, huge water main break, cars up to their tires in water and mud. >>> a flight in brazil almost ended in tragedy and every dramatic moment, all of it captured on camera. >> all that -- >> oh! >> unbelievable grab for a touchdown!...
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ambassador susan rice, and republican senator john mccain. for analysis we'll look to former u.s. ambassador to israel martin indyk. the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. and "new york times" columnist tom friedman. plus we'll talk to the chief washington correspondent of the "times" david sanger. "time" magazine deputy international editor bobby ghosh. and cbs news political director, john dickerson. this is "face the nation" upon captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. with >> good morning again. and here is the latest news from overnight. four american military people have been killed in an attack in southern afghanistan. this happened when at least one afghan police officer opened fire on them at a checkpoint. the state department has ordered all nonessential u.s. embassy personnel to leave tunisia and sudan, and protests against americans continue in at least 20 countries. we're going to start this morning with libya and the latest on tuesday's attack. we spoke a little earlier this morning wit
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ambassador susan rice. rice has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state. ambassador rice had come under fire from some republicans on capitol hill over her comments following the deadly attack in benghazi, libya back in september. >> i withdrew my name because it's right for the country and the president. >> her interest is in serving me but more importantly serving the country and she has done an outstanding job. >> with rice no longer being considered, massachusetts senator john kerry is the most likely nominee for secretary of state. >>> it's 6:19 right now. kaepernicking now replacing tebowing. but what does it all mean? >> i like it. i'll tell you that much. plus a sticky situation, how two nfl players got stuck together. is there an engineer in the house? >> some cold weather around the bay area. cold in the high country if you want to go out and enjoy a new snow up there. it is looking like more snow for the weekend. heavenly with as much as 48 inches on the ground. no
ambassador susan rice. rice has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state. ambassador rice had come under fire from some republicans on capitol hill over her comments following the deadly attack in benghazi, libya back in september. >> i withdrew my name because it's right for the country and the president. >> her interest is in serving me but more importantly serving the country and she has done an outstanding job. >> with rice no longer being...
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ambassador susan rice hopes to put that controversy to rest. if she is successful, it would remove the largest political hurdle to her nomination as secretary of state. rice is meeting right now behind closed doors with three of her most vocal critics, republican senator john mccain, kelly ayotte and lindsey graham talking behind closed doors to discuss classified material. the acting director of the cia, mike morel, is helping her answer questions and will accompany her to other meetings on the hill this week. an aide to mccain tells cbs news that rice requested this meeting last week and it could be decisive. if she answers mccain's questions to his satisfaction, he says he would support her nomination. >> margaret, what do you think those questions will be from the senators that they want answered? >> reporter: charlie, there are a lot of them. specifically senator mccain has said he wants ambassador rice to explain why she did not mention that within 24 hours of the assault in benghazi that the intelligence community knew that there were li
ambassador susan rice hopes to put that controversy to rest. if she is successful, it would remove the largest political hurdle to her nomination as secretary of state. rice is meeting right now behind closed doors with three of her most vocal critics, republican senator john mccain, kelly ayotte and lindsey graham talking behind closed doors to discuss classified material. the acting director of the cia, mike morel, is helping her answer questions and will accompany her to other meetings on...
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it comes after susan rice abruptly withdrew. >> reporter: republicans challenged rice's explanation of the september 11 attack in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador chris stevens and three others. republicans charged that the administration already knew that it was a planned terrorist attack. >> it is clear that the information that she gave the american people was incorrect. >> reporter: in november, rice testified behind closed doors on capitol hill but her critics, like senator lindsey graham, were unrelenting. >> bottom line, i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the explanation about how four americans died in benghazi by ambassador rice, i think does not do justice to the reality at the time, and in hindsight, clearly was completely wrong. >> reporter: last month, the president defended rice with a rare flash of public anger. >> when they go after the u.n. ambassador, apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me. >> reporter: but today, in a phone conversation with the president, rice bowed out. >> i didn't want to see a conf
it comes after susan rice abruptly withdrew. >> reporter: republicans challenged rice's explanation of the september 11 attack in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador chris stevens and three others. republicans charged that the administration already knew that it was a planned terrorist attack. >> it is clear that the information that she gave the american people was incorrect. >> reporter: in november, rice testified behind closed doors on capitol hill but her critics,...
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ambassador susan rice, delivered that message over the next five days. ng "face the nation" rice suggested the benghazi incident might have been triggered by demonstrations in cairo over the film. >> it began spontaneously in benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in cairo. >> reporter: and for two weeks, the president declined to call it terrorism. but debate moderator candy crawley accepted the president's interpretation last night telling romney. >> he did, in fact, sir. so let me call it an act of terror. >> can you say that a little louder, candy? >> he did call it an act of terror. >> reporter: now, many republicans say they think that romney missed a real opportunity last night to forcefully challenge crawley and the president over what they say, scott, is a new timeline that just doesn't square with the facts. >> pelley: jan, thanks very much. >> more than 65 million people watched debate on tv, the candidates face to face, toe to toe, pointing fingers at one another, each man challenging the truthfulness of just about e
ambassador susan rice, delivered that message over the next five days. ng "face the nation" rice suggested the benghazi incident might have been triggered by demonstrations in cairo over the film. >> it began spontaneously in benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in cairo. >> reporter: and for two weeks, the president declined to call it terrorism. but debate moderator candy crawley accepted the president's interpretation last night telling...
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the president strongly defended susan rice his ambassador to the united nations. rice has come under fire for statements she made in the days immediately following the attacks that left four americans dead. >> she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> senators mccain and graham have said they would block rice's nomination if she was named to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. >>> the president was also asked about the scandal that took down america's top spy, mr. obama saying he has no evidence that the former cia director's extramarital affair impacted national security. cbs news reporter danielle nottingham has more now from the white house. >> reporter: at his first press conference in 8 months, president obama faced questions about the widening scandal that forced cia director david petraeus to resign. >> by his own assessment did not meet th
the president strongly defended susan rice his ambassador to the united nations. rice has come under fire for statements she made in the days immediately following the attacks that left four americans dead. >> she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> senators mccain and...
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the war over susan rice's words are complicating her likely nomination to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. she is the white house's first choice for the position. senator john mccain publicly opposed that nomination. now he says he may reconsider if rice meets certain conditions. >> maybe she could start out by publicly coming back on this show and saying, i was wrong. >> a number of democratic senators defended ambassador rice. intel committee chair dianne feinstein says rice is a victim of character assassination. we do have more hearings on benghazi planned. secretary clinton is likely to testify in december. >> margaret brennan, thanks. paula broadwell and her family arrived home in north carolina this weekend with questions about her affair with general petraeus and her possession of classified material still swirling around capitol hill. senior correspondent john miller, former fbi national intelligence official, joins us with the latest on the fbi and the president of justice investigations. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. we spoke a friend of the broadwe
the war over susan rice's words are complicating her likely nomination to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. she is the white house's first choice for the position. senator john mccain publicly opposed that nomination. now he says he may reconsider if rice meets certain conditions. >> maybe she could start out by publicly coming back on this show and saying, i was wrong. >> a number of democratic senators defended ambassador rice. intel committee chair dianne feinstein...
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ambassador susan rice. she has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state. ambassador rice has come under fire from some republicans on capitol hill over her comment following the deadly attack in benghazi, libya in september. >> i withdrew my name because i think it's the right thing for the country. and i think it's right thing for the president. >> her interest is in serving me but more importantly serving the country and she has done an outstanding job. i could not be prouder with her. >> with rice no longer being considered, massachusetts senator john kerry is the most likely nominee for secretary of state. >>> the u.s. is sending two batteries of patriot missiles to turkey along with 400 troops to operate them. defense secretary leon panetta signed a deployment order today as he traveled to turkey. it's intended to be part of a nato force to protect turkey from a potential syrian attack. the patriots are capable of shooting down shorter range ballistic missiles as well as
ambassador susan rice. she has withdrawn her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state. ambassador rice has come under fire from some republicans on capitol hill over her comment following the deadly attack in benghazi, libya in september. >> i withdrew my name because i think it's the right thing for the country. and i think it's right thing for the president. >> her interest is in serving me but more importantly serving the country and she has done an outstanding...
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ambassador susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. rice may face a tough confirmation process, though. republicans have criticized her response to the september 11th assault in benghazi. rice said it was a spontaneous response to anti-american protests in cairo and not a coordinated attack. >>> congress returns today with an agenda dominated to avoid the so called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax expense increases and spending cuts. president obama meets with top ceos tomorrow to discuss the issue. on friday, mr. obama meets with congressional leaders. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is asking the federal government for $30 billion in aid to help his state rebuild following hurricane sandy. two weeks after the storm, tens of thousands of customers remain without power in the hardest hit sections of new york and new jersey. some 55,000 of them on long island. cuomo says the long island power company was not prepared and failed to communicate. >> i'm going to do a thorough review/investigation and a very serious one, and they wil
ambassador susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. rice may face a tough confirmation process, though. republicans have criticized her response to the september 11th assault in benghazi. rice said it was a spontaneous response to anti-american protests in cairo and not a coordinated attack. >>> congress returns today with an agenda dominated to avoid the so called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax expense increases and spending cuts. president obama meets with...
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., susan rice, expressed her disgust. >> for months, this council has been held hostage by a couple members. these members stand behind empty arguments and individual interests. >> reporter: today's ruthless shelling on the city of homs, considered the capital of the revolution, came as syrians were protesting another massacre 30 years ago in nearby hama, which was carried out by assad's farther and killed thousands. in a blistering statement, president obama said assad's son and successor has similar disdain for human rights, has no right to lead syria and has lost all legitimacy with his people and the international community. in europe and the middle east, protesters stormed syrian embassies. they clashed with police in london, chanted slogans in istanbul and washington, d.c., and tunisia, the birth place of the arab spring, today cut relations with syria. u.n. observers tell us the failed resolution only encourages syria to continue its crackdown. the u.s., its european and arab allies seem to agree. there will not be military intervention. nancy. >> cordes: whit johnson at the white ho
., susan rice, expressed her disgust. >> for months, this council has been held hostage by a couple members. these members stand behind empty arguments and individual interests. >> reporter: today's ruthless shelling on the city of homs, considered the capital of the revolution, came as syrians were protesting another massacre 30 years ago in nearby hama, which was carried out by assad's farther and killed thousands. in a blistering statement, president obama said assad's son and...
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they said, susan rice said on this broadcast last sunday, after the president of libya said this was the work of terrorists, she said, no, this was because of a spontaneous demonstration that had to do with that film. now they have come around to saying, well, yes, it was a terrorist attack. is mitt romney making enough of this? i haven't heard too much from him on that. >> bob, what struck me-- and i have nope the director of national intelligence for years. he's a bright man. he's a competent man. this administration in effect is now saying, "oh, don't blame the united nations ambassador. don't blame the white house spokesman. don't blame the president, because our intelligence system failed so decisively." i don't know which worries me more, the idea that the intelligence system took weeks to figure out the obvious-- although we are told in fact they had information the day before the attack because the video that went out from al qaeda asking that the ambassador-- somebody be killed on 9/11 was a day earlier. so i don't know whether i feel more comfortable knowing the administrat
they said, susan rice said on this broadcast last sunday, after the president of libya said this was the work of terrorists, she said, no, this was because of a spontaneous demonstration that had to do with that film. now they have come around to saying, well, yes, it was a terrorist attack. is mitt romney making enough of this? i haven't heard too much from him on that. >> bob, what struck me-- and i have nope the director of national intelligence for years. he's a bright man. he's a...
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susan rice withdrawing her name from the secretary of state nomination. even though this report has nothing to do with her at all. she wasn't at the state department. that has removed her. her nomination will not be discussed in the senate. if john kerry is the nominee, he wasn't involved with the state department. he'll answer questions. he's not on the hook for them. that does not become a public forum for this scathing report. that as a political matter helps the white house. >> john, hillary clinton sends this letter to members of congress saying that she will accept all 29 of the panel's recommendations. five of which are classified. but there are some critics of this administration who accuse her of faking a diplomatic illness so she doesn't have to testify tomorrow before the committee. does she suffer at all politically for this? >> well, this is where the political focus of this moment rests is on hillary clinton. for two reasons. one, it's the kind of messy end to what has otherwise been seen in bipartisan opinion as a strong career as a secreta
susan rice withdrawing her name from the secretary of state nomination. even though this report has nothing to do with her at all. she wasn't at the state department. that has removed her. her nomination will not be discussed in the senate. if john kerry is the nominee, he wasn't involved with the state department. he'll answer questions. he's not on the hook for them. that does not become a public forum for this scathing report. that as a political matter helps the white house. >> john,...
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ambassador susan rice said it appears that the attacks were not premeditated. but that's not what we're hearing here. the president of the libyan national council said not only does it look like they were premeditated, but it may have taken months in the planning. what i can tell you is we saw plenty of evidence of heavy weapons at this safe house. mortars and other kinds of weapons that take a level of expertise to deploy that accurately. we've also seen new cell phone footage of what appears to be libyans removing the body of ambassador christopher stevens from the consulate that night. they don't seem to know who he is. they identify him as a foreigner. they believe that he is alive at the time. they're shouting out whether anybody knows first aid. and the young man who showed us that video says that ambassador stevens was then rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. >>> in the race for the white house, president obama goes to ohio today while governor mitt romney travels to los angeles. bill plante reports, the middle east protests are sh
ambassador susan rice said it appears that the attacks were not premeditated. but that's not what we're hearing here. the president of the libyan national council said not only does it look like they were premeditated, but it may have taken months in the planning. what i can tell you is we saw plenty of evidence of heavy weapons at this safe house. mortars and other kinds of weapons that take a level of expertise to deploy that accurately. we've also seen new cell phone footage of what appears...
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. >>> all the pressure on susan rice has apparently prompted the u.n. ambassador to take her san francisco out of consideration to become the next secretary of state. today president obama will meet privately with the ambassador. he says though he is still supporting her. >> i withdrew my name because i think it's the right thing for the country and i think it's the right thing for the president. >> her interest is in serving me but more importantly serving the country and she has done an outstanding job. i couldn't be prouder. >> massachusetts senator john kerry is now considered the most likely nominee for secretary of state. >>> the u.s. is sending missiles and troops to turkey in case of a syrian missile attack there. defense secretary leon panetta signed an order today on his way to turkey. it calls for 400 u.s. soldiers and patriot air defense missiles. germany and the netherlands will also be sending missiles and troops to turkey. >>> a late meeting at the white house yesterday between president obama and speaker of the house john boehner. the pa
. >>> all the pressure on susan rice has apparently prompted the u.n. ambassador to take her san francisco out of consideration to become the next secretary of state. today president obama will meet privately with the ambassador. he says though he is still supporting her. >> i withdrew my name because i think it's the right thing for the country and i think it's the right thing for the president. >> her interest is in serving me but more importantly serving the country and...
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. >> ambassador susan rice speaks out for the first time since her controversial explanation of what happened in benghazi. and as america celebrates thanksgiving volunteers reach out to help superstorm sandy's victims. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> people of this region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence. >> the cease fire survives its first night in gaza. >> very different from the celebrations from what we've seen before. >> the agreement promises to halt years of palestinian rocket attacks and eases israeli border border. >> if you don't treat the underlying wound underneath, the infection doesn't go away. >>> political misconduct congressman jesse jackson jr. is officially calling it quits. >>> when discussing the attacks in benghazi, i relied solely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community. >>> already long lines of die-hard shoppers hoping to score deals. >> they're calling this gray thursday. major retailers are trying to get the jump on one another by opening thanksgiving ni
. >> ambassador susan rice speaks out for the first time since her controversial explanation of what happened in benghazi. and as america celebrates thanksgiving volunteers reach out to help superstorm sandy's victims. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> people of this region deserve the chance to live free from fear and violence. >> the cease fire survives its first night in gaza. >> very different from the...
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. >> let me turn to susan rice. th this is what the president said yesterday. >> susan rice is extraordinary. donedn't be prouder of the job she has done. >> ,> so what does that mean? the president is going to insist his nomination go forward if she akehis choice or he simply wants upmake sure nobody is beating ?p on his u.n. ambassador? >> this is the problem. bain, we should probably go back to the dictionary. she's not a nominee. dictiona she's a nominee kind of in waiting. this is the problem the president can't defend her as a nominee for a job he hasn't hasn't nominated her for. this is kind of a loose shirttail out there. she's going around the hill, talking to senators. meetings aren't going well. in n part because senators, if nothing else, are reserving their leverage for if she actually does become the t onnee, they'll have a process, hearings. they don't want to prejudge that process. pr pro process hasn't begun. so the president has to say these limited things. when he says only a limited thing about h
. >> let me turn to susan rice. th this is what the president said yesterday. >> susan rice is extraordinary. donedn't be prouder of the job she has done. >> ,> so what does that mean? the president is going to insist his nomination go forward if she akehis choice or he simply wants upmake sure nobody is beating ?p on his u.n. ambassador? >> this is the problem. bain, we should probably go back to the dictionary. she's not a nominee. dictiona she's a nominee kind of...
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ambassador susan rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. >> reporter: republicans have gone after rice for her statements made after the attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi. five days after the violence that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans, she attributed it to outrage in the arab world over an anti-muslim video and not an act of terrorism. >> but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and to besmirch her reputation... is outrageous! >> reporter: senator mccain has vowed to block rice's nomination should the president choose her to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. mccain and graham are also calling for a special watergate- style investigation into the benghazi attack. >> we want to probe everybody involved all the way up to and including the president of the united states. >> this is about the role she play
ambassador susan rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. >> reporter: republicans have gone after rice for her statements made after the attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi. five days after the violence that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans, she attributed it to outrage in the arab world over an anti-muslim video and not an act...
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rice, dennis ross, who were there greasing reporters, and they're on the ground in case something went wrong. and romney did not have it. and it shows part of the problems and difficulties his campaign is having in getting up and running. >> schieffer: well, i mean, i think that's a very good point because romney went with just basically a skeleton staff. they augmented it even after he got there and after he got into trouble with all the olympics. you kind of wonder did they really understand what they were getting into. >> and particularly at a time when romney was already having trouble defining himself, he comes away from this, particularly, with the olympics remark, looking like he's out of touch, and he just doesn't get it. one of the thresholds for him here was to be able to go and show he could be a leader on the world stage. that's something that obama was able to do four years ago. and the gaffes really overshadowed that for romney. >> incidentally, i'm not sure romney's entire staff was so thrilled with the trip in the first place. i think there was some internal discussion
rice, dennis ross, who were there greasing reporters, and they're on the ground in case something went wrong. and romney did not have it. and it shows part of the problems and difficulties his campaign is having in getting up and running. >> schieffer: well, i mean, i think that's a very good point because romney went with just basically a skeleton staff. they augmented it even after he got there and after he got into trouble with all the olympics. you kind of wonder did they really...
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. >> it's going to either by john kerry or susan rice. the issues are big. the horn of africa and al qaeda's presence there as i talked to both campaigns down the stretch, whoever wins, it's a huge issue. not >>> the world is taking note of president obama's re-election. we'll show you election reaction from over the world on thmp th "cbs this morning" coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ dear santa, i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn night-light... [ female announcer ] this year, bring their wish list to life. [ girl ] ...princess doll, markers... hey buddy, i bet mom would love this, huh? jack? jaaack? jaaack?! jack?! looks good ladies! jack! come on, stop the car. jack! no, no, no, no, no! the only thing more surprising than finding the perfect gifts.. niice. ...is where you find them. how did you know? i had a little help. this is how to gift. this is sears. >>> america's presidential elections are always watched very closely around the world. this morning world leaders and others are weighing in on president obama's second
. >> it's going to either by john kerry or susan rice. the issues are big. the horn of africa and al qaeda's presence there as i talked to both campaigns down the stretch, whoever wins, it's a huge issue. not >>> the world is taking note of president obama's re-election. we'll show you election reaction from over the world on thmp th "cbs this morning" coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ girl ] dear santa... ♪ dear santa, i want a ballerina tutu, a pink bike, a unicorn...
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when susan rice, ambassador to the united nations came out and said this was an uprising, not a terrorist event. well, the story has changed since then. that's something now the republicans can point to. there is a vulnerability although everybody still believes on foreign policy that's far, far secondary to the primary issue of this campaign which is the economy. >> john, i want to ask you about mitt romney and his foreign policy advisers and how he would differ from president obama. there's an interesting piece "new york times" in the today by david sanger, what he says of mr. romney. beyond his critique of mr. obama as failing to project american strength abroad, mr. romney has yet to fill in many of the details of how he would conduct foreign policy toward the rest of the world. and he also points out that romney has a disparate and politically fractured team of advisers that include warring tribes of neoconservatives and others. is there a coherent strategy that's coming from mitt romney on foreign policy, or is it a work in progress? >> it's absolutely a work in progress. and in par
when susan rice, ambassador to the united nations came out and said this was an uprising, not a terrorist event. well, the story has changed since then. that's something now the republicans can point to. there is a vulnerability although everybody still believes on foreign policy that's far, far secondary to the primary issue of this campaign which is the economy. >> john, i want to ask you about mitt romney and his foreign policy advisers and how he would differ from president obama....
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. >> on september 16th, ambassador susan rice made a number of tv appearances. did you approve her speaking points she delivered on the tv shows that day? >> i think she very clearly said here is what we know now, but this is going to change. this is what we have at present. but it will evolve, and the intelligence community has said the same thing. >> just five days after the attack, rice on "face the nation" blamed over anti-islam film. >> we do not have at present information that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> who briefed ambassador rice that day? >> you would have to ask her. >> you didn't speak to her before that appearance? >> no, but somebody had the same information. i have to say, i know there's been a lot of attention paid to who said what, when. but i think what happened is more important. we were attacked. and four brave americans were killed. everybody in the administration has tried to say what we knew at the time with the caveat that we would learn more and that's what's happened. i think that -- i've seen it be
. >> on september 16th, ambassador susan rice made a number of tv appearances. did you approve her speaking points she delivered on the tv shows that day? >> i think she very clearly said here is what we know now, but this is going to change. this is what we have at present. but it will evolve, and the intelligence community has said the same thing. >> just five days after the attack, rice on "face the nation" blamed over anti-islam film. >> we do not have at...
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>>> who edited the talking points given to the united nation's ambassador susan rice before she spoke about the attack that killed the ambassador to libya? margaret brennan has the details in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. specific references of al qaeda and terrorism were cut by the director of national intelligence the agreement of the cia and the fbi. the white house and state department did not make those changes. rice used the talking points in tv appearances shortly after the attack and republicans accused her of making misleading statement business referring to the assault as a spontaneous demonstration by extremists, suggesting she did it for political reasons. the intelligence source says that the links to al qaeda were deemed too tenuous to make public. however, cia director david petraeus told congress he had agreed to release that information in early draft. it was passed along to dni. then the fbi, which made more. head of dni is james clapford who did reopen the case but who suggested the final edit which were then signed off on agai
>>> who edited the talking points given to the united nation's ambassador susan rice before she spoke about the attack that killed the ambassador to libya? margaret brennan has the details in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. specific references of al qaeda and terrorism were cut by the director of national intelligence the agreement of the cia and the fbi. the white house and state department did not make those changes. rice used the talking...
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secretary, ambassador rice, also talked about -- >> susan rice has a vulnerability here because she was doing that a couple of days into this and, you know, they've cited a cia analysis report which, you know, actually says there was a protest. a lot of people got the information wrong. part of the problem is at the root of your question, which is this needs to be an investigation into the facts and what it's come to is a debate on politics in a presidential election. >> john miller, thanks, john. >>> new poll numbers show just how much the presidential race has turned around in the past week. the latest gallup tracking poll shows 49% of likely voters favor mitt romney and 47% support president obama and two other polls from the key state of ohio shows the candidates are effectively tied. one of them shows romney ahead by one point and the other the president leads by 4. both men campaigned in ohio tuesday. jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in akron. good morning, jan. >> reporter: well, good morning. good morning to those of you in the west. the president left california yes
secretary, ambassador rice, also talked about -- >> susan rice has a vulnerability here because she was doing that a couple of days into this and, you know, they've cited a cia analysis report which, you know, actually says there was a protest. a lot of people got the information wrong. part of the problem is at the root of your question, which is this needs to be an investigation into the facts and what it's come to is a debate on politics in a presidential election. >> john...
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the final version used by susan rice in five sunday talk shows made no mention of terrorism, only extremists. >> i think it is clear there were extremest elements that joined and escalated the violence. >> administration officials say al qaeda's suspected role was classified information and the white house denied making any attempt to sense sure the world terrorism saying the talking points were produced by the intelligence community. congressman peter king voiced his concerns. >> it is still not clear how the final talking points emerged. went through a long process involving many agencies and including the department of justice and the state department and no one knows yet exactly who came up with the final version. >> reporter: a senior intelligence official tells cbs news the intelligence community decided that the unclassified points should exchange the broader term extremist for terrorists when referring to those responsible for the attack. it is not clear why al qaeda's role would be considered too sensitive at that time to share with the public. >> margaret brennan, thank you so much
the final version used by susan rice in five sunday talk shows made no mention of terrorism, only extremists. >> i think it is clear there were extremest elements that joined and escalated the violence. >> administration officials say al qaeda's suspected role was classified information and the white house denied making any attempt to sense sure the world terrorism saying the talking points were produced by the intelligence community. congressman peter king voiced his concerns....